CVE-2005-3181

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3181
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-12 13:04:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-401 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Mandriva Linux 2006.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1017-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
linux.bkbits.net/linux-2.6/cset%404346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linux.bkbits.net Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Linux Kernel Potential Denial of Service and Information Disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-199-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernel.org Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Advisory: Fedora Core 3 Update: kernel-2.6.12-1.1380_FC3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Advisory: kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Linux Kernel Multiple Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE kernel.org
CONFIRM:http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@4346883bQBeBd26syWTKX2CVC5bDcA MITRE linux.bkbits.net
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